Have all guns licensed, registered and insured

Have all guns licensed, registered and insured

Why not treat gun ownership as seriously as we treat car ownership? In order to drive a car, you need to be licensed. In order to own a car, it needs to be registered and insured. Why not do the same with gun ownership?

Have all gun owners in America registered, licensed and insured. All fees would be paid by the gun owner.

Congress should introduce a stand-alone bill specifying that every gun owned by civilians must be registered, licensed and insured. This information would be kept for use by law enforcement agencies to help solve crimes committed with guns.

Penalties for failure to follow the law could be (1st offense) mandatory fine, (2nd) mandatory fine and confiscation of gun, (3rd) mandatory fine, confiscation of all guns and possible jail time to be decided if convicted by trial.

Obviously, this would not prevent all murders or crimes committed by criminals, terrorists or madmen with guns, but it would help law enforcement agencies solve those crimes and bring those who perpetrated those crimes to justice.

Some might complain that this is treating gun owners as criminals. Not so. Gun owners are only treated as criminals when they commit a crime. And it is certainly no violation of the Second Amendment to keep track of who has what gun.

In all fairness, if you want the privilege of owning a gun, you must bear the responsibility as well.

Concetta Castro Murray

Atlantic Highlands

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Have all guns licensed, registered and insured

Why not treat gun ownership as seriously as we treat car ownership? In order to drive a car, you need to be licensed. In order to own a car, it needs to be registered and insured. Why not do the same

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